Ride to Desaru

Meet up with some of the TriFam guys Sunday morning for a 160k ride to Desaru. It always feels weird to head to Desaru w/o my surf board.

Met at the Coronation SPC staion at 530am. I'm feeling all fired up after missing the 18k run on Saturday. It was my fault for staying up late, but I did make my word that I would be attending a surfer's birthday party. It was good fun and I did my own 5k run at the Botanics saturday evening.

I was feeling strong the 1st half of the ride but my legs started feeling weak after passing the 80k mark, which is abt 20k before the pit-stop. A sign of not enough training. Reached the pit-stop at the Desaru Pertonas station Happy and Exhausted. I replenished my water and snacked on some tau sah buns.

There was still a remaining 50+ km to the end-point which is the Pelangi jetty where the bum boat will bring us back to Changi Village. The ride to the end-point had rolling hills galore. Up and down times 100! and that was not the worst of it... Passing Sungei Ringgit town, the ride was mainly flat but BOY!.... beach-front winds were howling in your face and slowing you down. It was my 1st time experiencing such winds as Singapore rides are mainly windless.

The almost 1-hr bum-boat ride was a good break for my legs before I cycled another 15k back to home. [Check out the bikes being piled upin the boat. My bike is the 1st one.]

Exhuasted to the max... but feeling real good about the training. I cant wait to push my body past the 200k mark.